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Rocky Mount, N.C. - North Carolina Wesleyan
celebrated its 2013 Homecoming on Saturday, and the day was full of
notable highlights. A pair of USA South soccer wins headed the
athletics action, while the Department of Athletics annual Hall of
Fame inductions capped off a memorable night in Rocky Mount.

The Battling Bishop volleyball team kicked things off on
Saturday morning with a 3-0 sweep of USA South foe Huntingdon
College. The Bishops, who recognized Hall of Famer and
50th-Anniversary honoree Jetanna McClain prior to the match, were
led by Tori Stewart and Taylor Johnson with 13 and 11 kills,
respectively. The Bishops later dropped a five-set thriller to
LaGrange College to wrap up action in Everett Gym.

Out at the Rocky Mount Athletic Stadium, LaGrange's football
team raced out to a 27-0 lead in the first quarter, and although
the Bishops out-scored the Panthers 26-23 the rest of the way, it
would not be enough en route to a 50-26 defeat. Junior tailback
Jacques Alston rushed for 192 yards and two touchdowns, while
sophomore QB Robbie Lanier went 21-of-31 through the air for 215
yards and a pair of TDs.

Back on campus, men's soccer was busy earning the team's first
shutout with a 3-0 win over Ferrum. Sophomore Malick Chune
gave the Bishops a 1-0 lead at the break on an assist from Leifur
Kristjansson. Kristjansson went on to tally both second half
goals on feeds from Thorfinnur Thorfinnsson.

On the women's side, Wesleyan earned its first
conference win of the season with a thrilling 2-1 double
overtime victory over the Panthers. After a scoreless opening half,
the two squads traded penalty kicks for a 1-1 tie in regulation.
FC's Morgan Funck and NCWC's Chelsea Laurens did the honors in the
48th and 64th minutes. Midway through the second overtime, Bishop
freshman Carolyn Finney would net the Golden Goal off a
deflected free kick.

Several staff members and friends of the College then made their
way over to the Dunn Center to attend the annual Athletics Hall of
Fame ceremony. Two-sport athlete Jill Livezey Graves of women's
basketball and softball, as well as men's soccer all-time
leading scorer Shaun Oliveria, were officially inducted,
putting a fitting end to a great weekend at North Carolina Wesleyan
College.

On behalf of the Department of Athletics, we offer
congratulations to all of our victorious teams and award
winners during our 2013 Homecoming!

* A special thanks is extended to faculty members Drs. Carl
and Jackie Lewis for their photography work over the weekend. To
view photos from all of the events mentioned above, please visit http://www.ncwcsports.com/photography/index.